noted on back:
"Rev. Francis A. Tondorf S.J.
Georgetown University,
Wash DC"

From the Special Collections of Georgetown University who hold his papers:

"Francis A. Tondorf was born in Boston on July 17, 1870. He was a seismologist and faculty member at Georgetown, where he died on November 29, 1929."

A Folder Listing from his collections states the following:

"Box: 2 Fold: 6 Regarding Tondorf Fund, Medal & Painting
DATE SPAN: 01/01/1930 - 02/21/1936

DESCRIPTION: Letters, mostly from Dr. Michael L. Mullaney, Providence, R.I., and Georgetown Univ. administration concerning striking a medal to honor Tondorf, erecting a memorial library addition, and commissioning paintings of him. Some newspaper clippings."

So, this painting may be posthumous?




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